Praise for Revolutionary England and the National Covenant:

"Highly engaging" - American Historical Review

"An important study which reveals the neglected climate of moral enthusiasm and religious ambiguity that shaped Civil War and Restoration political thought and practice" - H-Albion

About Revolutionary England and the National Covenant

This book studies the oaths and covenants taken during the late sixteenth to the late seventeenth century, a time of great religious and political upheaval, assessing their effect and importance.

From the reign of Mary I to the Exclusion crisis, Protestant writers argued that England was a nation in covenant with God and urged that the country should renew its contract with the Lord through taking solemn oaths.

In so doing, they radically modified understandings of monarchy, political allegiance and the royal succession.